Bridle-bit.



J. CUMMINGS.

BBIDLE BIT.

APPLICATION FILED 1413.13.25, 190s 9Q9,160, Patented Jan. 12,1909.

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Appiication filed March 25, 1908 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jonn CUMMINGS, a citizen of the United States, residing in borough of Brooklyn, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curbers or Controllers for Bridle-Bits, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to the general type of curbers or controllers for bridle bits for horses, in which a band is operatively con nected with the bit and is thereby caused to act upon a certain part of the horses head, whenever the reins are pulled upon.

The principal object of the present invention is to facilitate attaching the curber to or detaching it from the ordinary bridle-bit, at the same time rendering the device absolutely proof against detachment when once in place.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a securer means of attaching the nose straps to the curber, and to make a smooth and better joint between the nose band and the terminal pieces of the same.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the various novel and peculiar arrangements and combinations of the several different parts of the device, all as hereinafter fully set forth and then pointed out in the claim.

I have illustrated a type of my invention in the accompanying drawings, wherein;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device with the nose strap of a bridle attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged inside view of one of the terminal pieces or plates of the nose band shown as detached and with the mouth piece of a sectional or jointed bit, shown in dotted lines, in perspective and illustrating the manner of attaching or detaching the terminal piece and the bit.

Referring to the drawings in which like numbers of reference designate like parts throughout, 1 is a nose band made of suitable resilient metal, having the main central portion thereof covered or incased with a piece of soft material 2 to protect the animals nose from the metal band. Each end of the nose band 1 is provided with a ter minal piece or plate 3 comprising a loop 4,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Serial No. 223.035.

which is preferably of an oval shape with the greatest diameter extending longitudinally of the piece. T his loop a is for receiving the bit indicated at 5 in dotted lines and at one side of the loop, preferably the under side when the parts are in position, is formed an opening or cut-away place 6 through which the bit is introduced or out of which it is passed in detaching the parts.

The bit 5 is of a varying diameter, the larger part being toward each outer end and the contracted. part toward the center where the bit is jointed at '7 by means of an eye on the inner end of each of the hit sections passing one through the other in a manner wellknown.

The two terminal pieces 3 when united with the nose piece 1, as shown in Fig. 1, are readily placed over the bit, by drawing the two end pieces toward each other so as to bring them nearer together, and then passing the reduced central portion of the bit through the respective openings 6 of the two loops, and then releasing the terminal members which at once spring to the outer ends of the bit against the end or check pieces 8 thereof. As the outer ends of the bit are of much reater diameter than the openings 6 in the %o0 s, it is impossible for the bit and the contro ler to become detached from each other and particularly when the same are placed upon the horse and in use. As the openings 6 are upon the lower sides of the loops, the upper and unbroken sides thereof lie practically in contact with the bit when placed on the horse so that there is not even a tendency of the bit to enter the openings 6, the mere weight of the device keeping the bit away from the openings.

In order to separate the curber and the bit, the terminal or end pieces 3 are drawn together and brought toward the center of the bit, so that the reduced portion of the latter may readily pass out of the respective openings 6 of the loops. It will be noted that in either mounting or dismounting this curber and the bit, that it is unnecessary to detach the reins from either end of the bit, as is the case in many of the curbers of this class now on the market. This is an important advantage in the use of my improved device and is one of its chief objects.

The attaching ends of each of the terminal pieces 3, which are preferably formed of cast metal, are each provided with an extension 9, and the inner face of each is formed with a wide groove or recess 10 into which fits the end 11 of the nose band 1, so that the same lies flush with the terminal members to which it is-attached by means of suitable rivets 12 passing through perforations 13 formed in th material of the terminal part. In addition to this presenting a smooth art to bear against the cheek of the anima it also materially strengthens the joint between the nose band and the terminal piece.

Each of the terminal pieces 3 is formed upon its u per edge toward its inner end with an integra eye 14 which is cast with the part 8 and is preferably inclined toward the outer end of the terminal piece and is adapted to receive the nose strap 15, which extends upwardly to the head band of the bridle and serves to support the band in proper place on the horses nose. This is an improvement over the forms of these curbers in which the nose strap is sewed or in some way attached with which my construction has obvious advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A curber or controller com rising, a resili-' ent band, end pleces having anged recesses in their inner faces in which the ends of the band are secured flush with said inner faces, loops at the upper forward corners of the end. pieces for the purpose stated and loops at the rear ends of the end pieces provided at the scribing witnesses.

JOHN CUMMINGS. Witnesses:

A. M. HAYES, R. G. MONROE.

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